Sunday, March 6, 2011

Recently, the last surviving American World War I veteran passed away at the age of 110. Frank Buckles of West Virginia lied about his age to join the army at age 16 and served as an ambulance driver in WWI with nearly 5 million American service members in 1917 and 1918. As if one war experience in a lifetime was not enough, Buckles was captured by the Japanese as a civilian in the Philippines during World War II.

Whenever I look upon military memorials like the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, I pause and think of Buckles and all our war veterans and thank them for their service and sacrifices.

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After a required black-and-white photography class in college re-introduced cameras into my life, I've been capturing places and moments through it ever since. A public relations professional by trade living in the Nation's Capital, I'm frequently discovering new views of the world around me through my camera's viewfinder.